The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-05
COMMANDER FUTILE TALKS.
He Expresses Some Very Emphatic Views in
Regard to the Presidents Invitation.

He Expresses Some Very Emphatic Views In
Regard to the Presidents Invitation.
st. Louis Post ispatch.
The presence in the city of Gen. J. NJ futile,
commander of the G. A. r. Department of Iowa,
is giving "bloody shirt" aspect to the discus
sion. The General is a very emphatic elderly
gentleman of large frame gray whiskers and a
high hat His experience in camp was such
thorough one that the education fingers with
him and shows itself in profane Fluctuations of
his sentences. He is very deliberate in his ut
terances and as imperturbable oyster. In
a mixed company of federals and confederates
he Is not backward in saving what he wants to,
even though it acts like bombshell in the com
pany. The General says he is not in the city to
dictate to the COMMITTEES in any way, but just to
tell them what will be the result if they on as
they are going now. In telling the committee
this he has managed to tell a great many more,
until the views of the distinguished visitor from
Iowa are quite widely known.
A reporter visited him at the G. A. r. head
quarters in the Lindell this morning. To the
first question, as to why the G. A. r. was OPP
posed to the invitation, he replied: "Tll tell
You the reason It's because We are not going
to lend the organization for the booming OF any
man, Cleveland anybody else. Politics, 30
far, we have managed to keep out of the q. A.
r.. and this is the first time they have tried to
use us. Now, it's just as clear as day. This is
only boom for the President, and they mustn't
think the Ct. A r. such ID fools that they
can't see it, too"
''A-e you opposed to the G. A. r. inviting the
President simply because you want to keep poll
ties outl'
mo, that isn't all. It's because the man is
dstasteful to the G. A. r. Why. he has said
that the dependent pension bill would increase
Cd. sir he has said the g. A. r. couldn't be
believed under oath. When he said that he
knew he was lying. 1t isn't only that veto,
either; it's all his vetoes. We not saying
anything about the vetoes themselves; what we
object to is the insulting tone of his language,
sneerine and filled with attempts to be face
tious. That's what cuts us"
But. suppose the President should merely
review the paradeF
well, if he does it will be at his risk. If
he gets mixed up in that parade, III bet it Will
be the last parade he'll want to review The G..
A. r. will not submit quietly to having any man
foisted upon them"
"Then this complication will have bad eHec3
on the attendance"
Don't know May double it," said Tuttle,
laconically.
s.well, the boys may all want to be here If
there's going to be trouble And there is good
prospect of there being trouble, too. don't
mean fighting. but unpleasant things said and
done But. if they want fighting, by Cd. we
can give 'em some of that. We've done it before
and guess We haven't forgotten how to do 1T
again / know they will have their political
clubs here and try to work them in on US, but it
won't work; we are not going to have our re-
union turned into a political boom. We have
faced the Democracy before, In solid ranks
when they were behind guns, and we can face
them now when they attempt to subvert the pur-
poses OF our organization"
is that just your opinion. Generali,
mo, it isn't. The whole state of Iowa is the
same way. At the last State encampment a
resolution against Cleveland was passed. There
wasn't a man to stand up for him. There were
two three who got and had the resolution
modified, but that was only to have it more dig
niied."
''How do you understand the invitation"
81 don't feel like saying anything about it, ex-
cept what have heard since 1 have been here.
The g. A. Il. has not invited the President.
Not bit oft That has been done by an execu-
tive committee composed of Union men and
rebels. They call them confederate down here
but they call ON plain rebels up in my State.
That's the way 1t looks to me. A mixed COM
mittee has asked the President to come here,
and that's all there Is in it,"